Driving While Black (Minority)
Driving While Black, abbreviated as DWB, is a phrase in the contemporary American vernacular that refers to the criminalization of black drivers. An alternate phrase, Driving While Brown, is more encompassing, referring to the crime of being a non-Caucasian driver. “Driving While Black” is word play on the name of a real U.S. crime, driving [...]
SPD dash-cam video shows questionable conduct by officers
In the blink of an eye, what began as a routine police check turned into a chaotic scene. The dash cam video, exclusively obtained by KOMO News, shows more questionable conduct by Seattle police. The footage shows two dock workers waiting for work get handcuffed. One is hit with a Taser, and both are arrested [...]
Sex offender alert from the Edmonds PD: location near Edmonds-Woodway High School
The Edmonds Police Department has released the following information on a Level 3 sex offender in the area. Mark Edward Johnson has been convicted of a sex offense that requires registration with the sheriff’s office in the county of their residence. His previous criminal history places him in a classification level, which reflects the potential [...]
Man charged with voyeurism after camera found at volleyball slumber party
King County prosecutors have charged the husband of a high school volleyball coach with voyeurism after a camera was found in a bathroom at a building where the volleyball team was having a slumber party. Steven C. Meeks faces one count of voyeurism in the case, according to charging documents. Read more: KIRO News
Wife, 42, ‘turned up volume on TV and shot dead husband before hysterically calling 911 to say he was killed by intruder’
Her hysterical 911 call made her seem every inch the grieving wife. Michelle Williams was sobbing so much that the operator could barely understand her say that her husband Gregory had been shot dead in their Texas home. But now after a three-month investigation police say it was all a lie and the tears were [...]
45 years for mother who suffocated her 6-year-old son and dumped his body on a dirt road because he was an ‘inconvenience’
A mother was jailed for 45 years today for suffocating her six-year-old son in a motel room and dumping his body along a dirt road. Julianne McCrery, 42, of Texas admitted killing Camden Hughes by kneeling on his back and covering his mouth with her hand. The discovery of his body last May in Maine [...]
9 busted including Rev. Jonathan Offt, Iowa Minister, Nabbed In Prostitution Sting
An Iowa minister has been charged with attempting to purchase sex after being busted in a prostitution sting, police said. Rev. Jonathan L. Offt, 41, of Cedar Rapids, was one of nine men charged with one count of prostitution Friday. The men were taken into custody after they responded to a phony Internet ad [...]
Kevin Diers And Gina Alfano Charged With Skinning, Gutting Puppy And Feeding It To Other Dogs
A man and woman in North Carolina are charged with cruelty to animals for allegedly killing and skinning a puppy. The animal’s meat was used by the couple to feed other dogs, police said. Gina Marie Alfano, 43, and Kevin John Diers, 52, of Newport, were also charged with failing to dispose of a deceased [...]
Nancy Gelber, Crime Writer, Arrested In Botched Murder-For-Hire Plot
Police in Texas have arrested a published crime writer who allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband. Nancy Mancuso Gelber, 53, has been charged with solicitation to commit capital murder. Gelber is being held at the Brazos County Jail on $75,000 bond. Read more: HuffingtonPost
Alleged Thieves Arrested After Pocket-dialing 911
Police in Wisconsin’s capital city barely had to try to catch a pair of unlucky suspected thieves. Madison police say two men in their late 20s stole DVDs and computer games from a Target store Tuesday and discussed their plans to fence the goods while driving away. Investigators say the duo didn’t realize one of [...]